Chris Hamilton (footballer, born 2001)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 July 2001 | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crossgates Primrose | |||
| 2009–2018 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Berwick Rangers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Stirling Albion (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Arbroath (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2022– | Dunfermline Athletic | 103 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Scotland U16 | |||
| 2016–2018 | Scotland U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | Scotland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:50, 20 February 2019 (UTC) | |||
Chris Hamilton (born 13 July 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic.
Hamilton grew up as a Dunfermline Athletic fan.[1]
Club career
Hamilton moved from Crossgates Primrose to Heart of Midlothian at the age of 8.[2]
He made his senior debut for Hearts on 13 May 2018, in a 1–0 league defeat away at Kilmarnock.[3] He was one of four Hearts youth players to make their debuts in that match, alongside Cammy Logan, Leeroy Makovora and Connor Smith.[4][5]
Hamilton joined Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in September 2020.[6] Hamilton scored his first senior goal for the Sons on his full debut, in a 3–2 defeat to Clyde on 10 October 2020, a match in which he was also sent off.[7] On 8 January 2021, Hamilton joined Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[8]
In July 2021 he was loaned to Scottish Championship club Arbroath.[9]
In June 2022 Hamilton signed for his boyhood club Dunfermline Athletic on a long term deal.[1][10] He was named vice captain as the season began[11] and the team achieved an immediate return to the Championship, winning League One in April 2023.[12] After a tough season in 2024-25, Hamilton signed a one year extension with the club until May 2026.[13]
International career
Hamilton was captain of the Scotland under-16 Victory Shield squad.[2] He has also represented Scotland at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 youth levels.[14]
Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,[15] the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth.[16]